Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [6]
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [7] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España. [8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. [9]
He rode the Tour de France for the first time in 2022. On stage 15, Thomas broke away from the Peloton and was attempting to get the first French win in over thirty stages, but was caught inside the final few hundred meters. After the stage he commented, "I believed I could make it. If we could have stayed together with Alexis maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore." [10]
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DNF | Did not finish |
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